WOC AND THE NAUTICAL INSTITUTE LAUNCH GUIDE TO MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING FOR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY

Practical Guidance on Ocean Planning and Shipping Developed By and For Maritime Professionals Now Available

7 November 2013

The World Ocean Council (WOC) and The Nautical Institute (NI) have jointly produced a guide to assist maritime professionals to better understand and engage in Marine Spatial Planning (MSP). The guidance will also help MSP proponents understand shipping industry requirements in relation to management of ocean areas.

With this guidance document, “The Shipping Industry and Marine Spatial Planning: A Professional Approach”, WOC and the NI are working to ensure that maritime professionals can readily become more informed and involved in MSP, particularly at the local level. The guide provides an introduction to MSP and an overview of key shipping-related issues to need to be considered as MSP moves forward in various parts of the world.

2013 Seminars

Assessing Progress in Marine Spatial Planning

Seminar 2: 9th-10th September 2013

University of Oldenburg and Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK) Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany

Rationale

The European Union is currently working towards a Directive on maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management. Several European countries and other jurisdictions around the world are developing or implementing systems of marine spatial planning (MSP). Research efforts are also ongoing, to explore different approaches to MSP and to evaluate current practice. Natural and social scientists are bringing a wide range of perspectives to bear on this expanding approach to marine management.

These seminars will allow participants to present and discuss academic perspectives and the findings of current research on the development of MSP. Participants who were not able to attend the first seminar in Liverpool are invited to submit abstracts of presentations on their MSP activities.

At Liverpool, we also discuss MSP research themes. At Delmenhorst, we will develop these in much more detail and will initiate teams to push forward actions in priority areas for MSP. A key output of the seminar will be a draft paper aimed at shaping future research activities and funding.

It will be a small-scale event, with a limited number of participants to allow for a high level of engagement.

2013 Seminars - Seminar 2 - Final Programme

The final programme for the upcoming Seminar #2 of the 2013 Seminar series is online.

This seminar will take place at the Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), Delmenhorst, Germany on 9th and 10th September 2013. Further information on this seminar can be found in the following article: 2013 Seminars - Seminar 2.